GroupM is WPP's consolidated media investment management operation, serving as the parent company to agencies including Maxus, MEC, MediaCom, Mindshare, Catalyst and Xaxis.

GroupM is the global number one media investment management group (RECMA 2010).

Our primary purpose is to maximize the performance of WPP's media communications agencies on behalf of our clients, our stakeholders and our people by operating as a parent and collaborator in performance-enhancing activities such as trading, content creation, digital, finance, proprietary tool development and other business-critical capabilities. The agencies that comprise GroupM are all global operations in their own right with leading market positions. 

The focus of GroupM is the intelligent application of physical and intellectual scale to benefit trading, innovation, and new communication services, to bring competitive advantage to our clients and our companies.

Key Facts:

• We are the leading global media investment management operation.
• Worldwide billings US $73.5bn definite 2009 (RECMA, June 2010)
• Total worldwide market share: 32.7% (nearest competitor is Publicis with 23.1%)
• Industry leading levels of investment in research and development.
• 400 offices in 81 countries
• 17,000 staff
• Part of WPP Group